wilcox county high school

Since the 1970s, Wilcox High School didn’t have an official prom. The students in Rochelle, Ga high school either attended either a spring dance for white students, or a separate event for black students. Last year, four best friends – 2 white and 2 black- wanted...

Black and white students in Georgia’s rural Wilcox County danced together for the first time at prom over the weekend. “I feel like we are living Martin Luther King’s dream,” NBC station WMGT 41 quoted student Alexis Miller as saying. Miller, who is white, attended Saturday’s event with...